Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Initech

Initech's Journal
Initech's Journal
June 8, 2013

Man Gets 30 Months For Trying To Return Used Enemas To CVS

A Jacksonville man will spend 30 months in prison for using about 12 enemas and then resealing and returning them to a CVS store in 2012.

Ronald Eugene Robinson, who was 34 when he was arrested last year, was sentenced to prison this week by U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan. He had pleaded guilty to product tampering.

His sentence will be followed by two years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman William Daniels.

Defense attorney Roland Falcon said his client wasn't trying to hurt anybody. He was doing it because he was in financial trouble.

He pleaded guilty because he originally faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, Falcon said.

Several of the used enemas were resold to unsuspecting customers before the tampering was discovered.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-used-enemas-cvs-20130605,0,5796038.story


June 8, 2013

Bear Breaks Into A Car Because.... Why Not?

So we’ve already established that Canada geese are big, hissy jerks, but there’s another variety of wild animal that deserves your ire: bears.

Bears are jerks. They also tend to be huge, powerful, deadly jerks, making their behaviour all the more exasperating. They’ll steal your food, mess up a pleasant camping trip and then kill you if you get too close. They’re just the worst.

Case in point, a Maple Ridge, B.C. family recorded this black bear breaking into their car Wednesday morning.

Didn’t even wipe his feet. Think of the upholstery, you jerk.

Videographer Rebecca Moore told CBC News the family heard a noise outside and found the 300-pound bear breaking into the car, opening the doors with ease.

http://o.canada.com/2013/06/06/bear-breaks-into-car-because-bears-are-jerks/


Here's the video:



June 8, 2013

Why Did The Alligator Cross The Freeway? To Take A Bathroom Break.

At first, Deputy Michael Rust didn't believe the radio call.

A former Los Angeles police officer had spotted two women standing at a van parked near a Lancaster intersection Tuesday morning, Rust said. One reportedly was holding a 4-foot long alligator.

Worried the women would "abandon the beast in the desert" -- residents say abandoned dogs are a problem in the area -- the man called authorities, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said.

"When I heard it on the radio, I'm thinking, 'Yeah, an alligator. OK,'" Rust said. "Maybe an iguana, but an alligator?"

The women packed the reptile back into the van and drove off, officials said. The retired officer trailed the vehicle until deputies stopped it several miles away.

And, sure enough, there was an alligator inside, Rust said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-alligator-kangaroo-monkey-20130606,0,7012481.story
June 7, 2013

I'm Shocked, Shocked I Tell You: Limbaugh Thinks Obama Is Leading Coup d'etat

There is a split among conservatives between those who think the NSA's collection of data about every phone call in America is an important counterterrorism tool, and those who think President Obama is, as usual, trampling on the constitution and the flag and the Founding Fathers. But Rush Limbaugh takes it one step further. He says Obama is leading a coup d'etat. And this time it's for real.

On Friday, Limbaugh added up the evidence -- the IRS targeting of conservatives, plus Fast and Furious and Obamacare, and now the NSA. "The evidence of the totalitarian nature or the authoritarian nature of this administration is on display undeniably every day," he said. What does it add up to? "Herbert Meyer," -- a blogger at American Thinker -- "asserted that essentially what's taking place in the United States right now is a coup, not a violent coup, and not a [militaristic] coup, but nevertheless a takeover of a government, and it's being done by the Obama administration." Limbaugh emphatically agrees:

He referred to it as a coup. I don't know if he used the word "peaceful," but clearly there's a coup d'etat going. You know it and I know it. This is what animates us. This is why the Tea Party exists. This country was founded on certain concepts, principles, beliefs -- and they're under assault. Chief among them under assault is the right to privacy, and that's what all this is about. So in the midst of this coup d'etat... I happen to like that formulation.

http://news.yahoo.com/rush-limbaugh-pretty-sure-time-obamas-leading-coup-205348125.html


Where were these morons when Bush passed the Patriot Act which gave the NSA nearly unlimited surveillance powers? Oh that's right - they all thought it was OK.
June 7, 2013

Kickstarter Project Launched To Move Lionel Richie's Giant Head

The art world might have descended on Italy this past week for the 55th Venice Biennale, but nothing in the Piazza San Marco or in the museums or galleries will startle like Bestival's secret weapon this September – a grande tête to compete with any festival big top or heady work of art coming at you over the summer. You can stick the opulence of the Fondazione Prada where the sun don't shine – the music festival and fancy-dress party at Robyn Park, the Isle of Wight, is where it's at, and if Elton John and Snoop Dogg are not big enough draws to ensure you'll be sailing in cramped conditions with a bunch of ersatz seamen from Southampton docks, then how about the massive cranium of a former Commodores legend?

Lionel Richie's Head has been added to the bill this year, and Hungry Castle – the Barcelona-based artists who want to take a giant balloon sculpture of said head to the festival – even have a Kickstarter campaign (their failed previous bid alerted curator Rob da Bank to their plight, and voila! they were added to the bill). It's based on a notorious bust of Lionel that appears at the apex of the Hello video, and some say they've created a monster. But what lurks inside the monstrosity? As we all know, nature abhors a vacuum – so here are six things I'd like to see inside Lionel Richie's head.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/jun/06/kickstarter-lionel-richie-head-bestival


Before the "useless without pics" people show up:

June 7, 2013

Car Meets Brick Wall, Brick Wall Wins

Imagine coming home from work to find this in your living room.

A car ploughed into the wall of a house in Brandy Way, Sutton, this morning while the owners, Chris Simpson and his pregnant wife Laura, were at work.

Mr Simpson, 32, a project manager in London, said: “When they called and told me there was a car driven through my wall into my lounge this is exactly what I pictured.

“I’m just very very glad neither of us was in the house.

"Yesterday it would have been a different story. Ultimately though no-one is hurt.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/weird/10465050.PICTURES__Car_ploughs_into_living_room_of_house/




June 7, 2013

Tennessee Man Who Fathered 22 Children With 14 Women Sued For Back Child Support

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NewsChannel 5) - It is one of Metro's most expensive child support cases and the father in question considers himself to be quite the ladies man.

"I was young and ambitious and I love women. You can't knock no man for loving women," said Orlando Shaw whose relationships have led to several children.

The 33-year-old Shaw admitted to fathering 22 kids by 14 different women. Those mothers -through Child Support Services - took Shaw to court for tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid child support over the years.

It is estimated the state pays more than $7,000 each month in assistance to help support all of Shaw's children.

"How do we apply our child support guidelines to this many children in this many households," said magistrate Scott Rosenberg.

Rosenburg said Shaw would have to take three or four full-time jobs to even come close to paying the child support he owes. Shaw said his prior criminal history makes it hard for him to find a job.

Shaw said he's proud of all his children.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/22500729/deadbeat-dad-fathers-22-children-by-14-women




June 7, 2013

South African Man Wanting To Adopt Rhino Throws Year Long BBQ

Mathew Hartley BBQ every day for a year Matt Hartley Challenge: In inclement weather, Matt Hartley hosts his BBQs under a gazebo (Picture: Mathew Hartley)

A South African man is planning to brave the wild weather of Wimbledon, south London, over the course of the next 12 months by holding a barbecue every day – come rain, wind or snow – to raise money to adopt a rhino.

Matt Hartley, 31, loves alfresco dining so much that, after his friends challenged him to continue BBQing even when the current warm weather ends, he decided to go ahead with his slightly bizarre plan.

However, although he admits he ‘loves a bit of steak’ he has been forced to take on a more varied menu under pressure from his girlfriend.
Mathew HartleyBetter weather: Our BBQ maniac enjoys the sunshine (Picture: Mathew Hartley)

As a result, he’s taken to barbecuing meals such as pizza and chicken curry pie as well as prime cuts of beef – and he says any proceeds he raises through sponsorship money will go towards adopting a rhino back in his homeland.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/07/man-to-have-bbq-every-day-for-a-year-to-raise-money-to-adopt-a-rhino-3832142/
June 7, 2013

Dumb Criminals: Pub Thief Gets Drunk In Bar, Passes Out, Found By Owners Next Day

Adam Bell, 36, was caught on CCTV breaking into Em’s bar in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

He stole booze, smashed games machines and drank so much beer he was found unconscious by staff the morning after.

Bell was sentenced to three months in prison at Burton Magistrate’s Court last week. He pleaded guilty to burglary and possessing drugs.

The security footage shows him breaking into the pub around 3am. He went around the bar and helped himself to beer.

He then reached inside the pool table and stole money and also smashed up fruit machines with a set of tools he had brought. In total he stole £2,000, reported to Yahoo! News.

http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/uk/drunk-pub-burglar-found-passed-out-in-bar-the-next-day


Lots of dumb criminals in the UK lately!
June 7, 2013

Morris The Cat Runs For Mayor Of The Mexican Capital Xalapa

As political animals go, this one hopes he will be grinning like a Cheshire Cat come election day.

A feline by the name of Morris is in the running to be mayor of Veracruz state capital Xalapa, in Mexico.

Armed with a paw-ful of policies, he has been put forward as the citizen’s candidate in the July 7 election.

With the campaign slogan ‘Xalapa Without Rats’, he promises to do pretty much the same as other politicians – which is not a lot except sleep and take it easy.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/07/morris-the-cat-runs-for-mayor-of-mexican-state-capital-xalapa-3832272/

Profile Information

Member since: Sat Apr 2, 2005, 03:11 PM
Number of posts: 100,063
Latest Discussions»Initech's Journal